Learning Quenya - Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lhunardawen · 08-07-2005, 12:34 AM

I suppose in answering the exercises we can use the 'English' format for greater ease. But, as everyone else already said, we can play around with the order when writing Quenya poetry. I suppose putting the adjective after the noun tends to emphasize the adjective rather than the noun? Like

I carnë parma (of Westmarch

) - you just have to know it is a red book

as opposed to

I parma carnë - the book (is) red...it is 'more important' for you to know the color of the book than the book instead

or something like that in a smaller scale?

EDIT: How do we avail of these cookies, tgwbs?

08-07-2005, 12:34 AM	#29
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	I suppose in answering the exercises we can use the 'English' format for greater ease. But, as everyone else already said, we can play around with the order when writing Quenya poetry. I suppose putting the adjective after the noun tends to emphasize the adjective rather than the noun? Like I carnë parma (of Westmarch ) - you just have to know it is a red book as opposed to I parma carnë - the book (is) red...it is 'more important' for you to know the color of the book than the book instead or something like that in a smaller scale? EDIT: How do we avail of these cookies, tgwbs? Last edited by Lhunardawen; 08-07-2005 at 12:36 AM. Reason: coooookies!